Kansas City Royals vs California Angels
September 17, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 1986 at Anaheim Stadium. The California Angels defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 1, California Angels 3

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 5 0 0 0
Smith dh 5 0 0 0
Law lf 4 0 2 0
Quirk 3b 3 0 1 0
White 2b 4 0 0 0
Seitzer 1b 3 0 0 0
Jackson B. rf 3 0 0 0
Sundberg c 1 0 0 0
  Orta ph 1 0 0 0
  Bell c 1 0 0 0
Biancalana ss 2 0 0 0
  McRae ph 1 1 1 1
  Pryor ss 1 0 0 0
Jackson D. p 0 0 0 0
  Farr p 0 0 0 0
  Black p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 4 1
California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Pettis cf 5 0 1 0
Schofield ss 5 1 4 0
Downing lf 3 1 1 2
DeCinces 3b 4 1 1 1
Hendrick rf 3 0 1 0
  Jones ph,rf 0 0 0 0
Grich 1b 3 0 1 0
  Joyner ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Burleson dh 3 0 0 0
Polidor 2b 4 0 0 0
Boone c 4 0 0 0
Sutton p 0 0 0 0
  Corbett p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 9 3
Kansas City 000 000 010 0140
California 000 100 000 2391
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson   7.1 7 1 1 2 3
  Farr   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Black  L (5-8) 1.2 2 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.1
9
3
3
3
3
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Sutton   7.0 3 1 1 3 3
  Corbett  W (4-2) 3.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
10.0
4
1
1
4
4

  E–Boone (9).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Kansas City Law (23,off Corbett).  HR–Kansas City McRae (7,8th inning off Sutton 0 on, 0 out), California DeCinces (24,4th inning off D Jackson 0 on, 0 out); Downing (18,10th inning off Black 1 on, 1 out).  IBB–Quirk (3,by Corbett); Jones (5,by Farr).  SH–Downing (2,off D Jackson).  SB–B Jackson (2,2nd base off Sutton/Boone).  WP–D Jackson (7).  BK–Sutton (1).  IBB–Farr (8,Jones); Corbett (2,Quirk).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Durwood Merrill, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–Ted Hendry.  T–2:49.  A–27,067.
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